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As always, I look back on the year amazed at how much I have learned and marvel at the amount of new information that has markedly impacted the practice of gastroenterology. This year's top ten stories in NEJM Journal Watch Gastroenterology encapsulate the evidence making the greatest impact. Here's a quick overview:
In the esophagus, dietary management for eosinophilic esophagitis does work for lots of our patients and should be tried in all.
Advances in treating liver diseases seem to be speeding up even more and include a larger role for albumin, a smaller one for beta-blockers, and, finally, a cure for hepatitis C virus in over 90% of infected patients with a short all-oral drug regimen. (Who would have thought this possible in so little …